If you play PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf and you’re on the fence to burn the final start for any of your possibilities at the PGA Championship, your best default is to open with any of those candidates on your bench and leave them there until the 36-hole cut falls. (REMINDER: The cut at the PGA Championship is low 70 and ties.)

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With only two tournaments remaining in Segment 3, and projecting that round-by-round fantasy scoring will be low at Southern Hills Country Club, there is no reason to rush into any golfer unless he’s unlikely to play at Colonial and/or Muirfield Village where fantasy scoring will be higher.

Consider your experience at the Wells Fargo Championship just two weeks ago when actual scores were among the highest of the season. Until bonus points were applied to your starters in the final round, hanging up a zero in any round was addition by subtraction. For example, I played Matt Kuchar in all four rounds. He finished T49 at 7-over 287 and netted one fantasy point, that via his FedExCup bonus. In other words, if there ever was a week to sit the studs, that was it.

The beautiful thing about the PGA Championship – other than the breathtaking course – is that the field is deeper than every other this side of THE PLAYERS Championship. Mix in one or two hard-charging internationals among the sometimers to reserve a start for one or two who project to contribute more in the two weeks that follow.

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Shane Lowry (+125 for a Top 20) … This is a major, so it’s only rightful that he’s an extension of the Power Rankings proper. In fact, based on reaction to the PR, he’s a snub, and I can’t disagree even though I write the thing. Phenomenal form upon arrival with all of the…